Bookrack



Nov, 13, 1928. 1,691,191

E. C. HEN DERSQN BO0KRACK Filed Jan. :51, .1927

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Patented Nov. 13, 1928.

UNITED sures ELLA o. nnivnnasolv, onrULLMAN, WAS INGTON;

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application mes January 21, 1927. Serial 'marseessp I I My present inventionrelates to improvements in book racks oribook stands adapted to hold a book for inspection or reference. While the rack is adapted for various and numerous uses, it is particularlydesigned for the purpose of holding a book where its pages may readily be inspected, and the book held open at a desired page. One of the special advantages of the rack is its convenience for use in a kitchen for holding and displaying a recipe book for use by the housekeeper or cook in baking, cooking and other culinary operations. By the utilization of the book rack of my invention the selected recipe may be displayed for convenient reference and consultation or reference from time to time without being subjected to soiling from the hands that may be covered with flour, or wet from handling fruits, vegetables etc.

The invention consists in certain novel combinations and arrangements of parts as will hereinafter be more fully set forth and claimed. In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated one complete example of the physical embodiment of my invention wherein the parts are combined and arranged according to the best mode I have thus far devised for the practical application of the principles of my invention.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a book rack embodying my invention and showing a book supported thereon and openfor inspection or reference.

Figure 2 is an enlarged detail view showing the pivotal arrangement of the rack.

Figure 3 is an enlarged detail perspective view of one of the spring detents and its support, used for retaining the pages or leaves in open position.

Figure 4 is a detailview showing the ratchet arrangement for pivoted adjustment.

In the preferred form of my invention as illustrated in the drawings I utilize a pair of posts or uprights 1 and 2 spaced the proper distance apart and rigidly connected or joined by platesor boards 3, 4, 5 that extend longitudinally of the device and form braces for the posts. These parallel plates or boards are spaced apart to form a seriesof front pockets 6 for thereception of cards, etc., and a rear pocket"? for the reception of a book or books as B. hen not in use the book may be stored in this pocket where it is ready and accessible to the user.

The rack 8 is preferably of rectangular holding the rack in fornifand may' conveiiiently made up Of) metal bars as shownywith upturned ends as 9 and 10 for confining the book within the rack. a

The rackis pivoted on a horizontal shaft 11 journaled in bearings in the upper ends I of the posts, and this shaft may-be turned to I adjust the'rack by use of the handle or knob 12 at the right end of theshaft, as indicated by dottedlines in Figure 2. f

For holding the rack in adjustedposition I employ aratchet wheel 13 on the shaft adj acent to one of the posts, and a spring pawl 14 on the inner side of a post, as 1, co-acts with this ratchet wheel to hold the shaft in adjusted position when the rack has been turned to the desired angle;

The leaves or pages of the open book are retained in position by means of a pair of spring detents or fingers l5, spaced apart, and each one adapted to bear upon its respective page for holding the latter. These spaced detents or page holders are supported on the rod R of the upturned end 10 of the rack and are readily slidable thereon toward the vgral lug or handle 16 that maybe grasped between the thumb and fingeror pushed with the thumb. p v i Each detent has a slide clip 17 that encirclesthe rod Randthis clip is fashioned with oppositelyarranged boxes or angular ends 18 forming pockets adapted to slip over the complementary lugs 19 on the rod. There are two pairs of these lugs spaced apart on the rod and they are preferably stamped or ends of the rod Rto permit turning of the struck up from the metal ofthe rod at dia- V metrically opposite points. Thus when the desiredpage has been found in the book, the two detentsare slid along the rod Runtil the respective pairs of pockets or boxes of the 7 two clips engage'over the fixed lugs; In this position theclips are anchored against relativerotarymovement 011 the rod and the resilient fingers or spring detents are in position to bear or press upon their vrespective sides of the book or its leavesito retain them atthe desired open place. When the rack has been adjusted to the proper angle as in Figure l-itwill be apparent that the recipe (or other i what I claim as new andidesire to secure byj 5 Letters Patent is 1. The combination with a pair ofspaced posts and longitudinally disposed, spaced boards joinedat' their ends to said posts to form pockets between the posts, of a bookraek pivoted in theupper ends of the posts,,

and means for retaining said rack in adjusted position.

2. The combination with a book rack, of a pair of spring detents each including a tu? bular clip" slidable on the rack and formed with extensionpockets, and complementary lugs onthe rack for. co-action with said poekets for holding the detents on the rack In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

' ELLA. C. HENDERSON. 

